U2 have announced online concert series The Virtual World, that will be broadcast on the band’s YouTube channel.
The series will showcase four of U2’s most legendary performances from over their four-decade career, kicking off on March 17 with the band’s 2001 concert at Slane Castle in County Meath. It will be the first time ever that three of the concerts (Slane, Red Rocks and Mexico) have been made available digitally, and they will remain available to watch online for 48 hours after their broadcast.
Each show will also include a live-streamed opening act. Dermot Kennedy will open the first show, with Fontaines D.C., Carla Morrison and Feu! Chatterton joining the band on the other dates of the virtual tour.
The band comment: “Every show is memorable for us but these four particularly so… It’s exciting to be on the road again… Embracing all the wonder of the virtual road… And especially exciting to be joined by such a brilliant line-up of fellow travellers in Dermot Kennedy, Fontaines D.C., Carla Morrison and Feu! Chatterton.”
